Eating in a DC-10

A Dub in Glasgo

I thought this was a great story, much better than storing the aircraft in the desert for scrap

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25734337

'Two months after a new restaurant was launched in Ghana’s capital, Accra, it is flying high. Known locally as the “Green Plane”, it is located in an old DC-10 aeroplane which used to travel from Ghana to Europe and the US. It is proving popular, especially with those who want to see what it is like inside an aircraft.'

Reported to be 9G-ANB

Seanie_H

Something similar in Taupo in New Zealand.

http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mcD1.jpg

Zyox

Exactly like Cork Airport Hotel.

homerjay2005

its a pity we dont have one of these in Dublin, would look much better than some of the the hideous, empty high rise buildings that we have across the City.

munchkin_utd

homerjay2005 wrote: »

its a pity we dont have one of these in Dublin, would look much better than some of the the hideous, empty high rise buildings that we have across the City.

to be fair, people in Dublin are spoilt with having an airport so close to the city (and cheap to get to) combined with having one of the worlds cheapest airlines offering flights meaning that theres no reason that the vast majority of Dubliners would see being in a plane (for the first and possibly only time in their lives) as a novelty which is one of the reasons this restaurant is expected to be a success.

That restaurant, which is THEIR cheap way of getting on a plane costs them about 12euro for a main course so say 20+euro for a full meal.

In Dublin you can get a ryanair flight for that sort of money, if not the Dublin bus fare to the airport too!

(BTW, even in continental europe you often pay more in taxes for flights that folks in Dublin would be used to, or expect to, pay for a flight with Ryanair. )

Peregrine

It's great to see old aircraft being put to use.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

some of the the hideous, empty high rise buildings that we have across the City.

Were they built since I left the city on Wednesday? Because they definitely weren't there 2 days ago.

L1011

homerjay2005 wrote: »

its a pity we dont have one of these in Dublin, would look much better than some of the the hideous, empty high rise buildings that we have across the City.

There isn't a single high rise building in Dublin. Planning doesn't allow it. What we have are at best medium density buildings which makes public transport planning significantly more difficult and far more expensive.

westdub

Last DC-10 passenger flights take place next month....

You can buy tickets if you want.......

On, or about Feb 14th, this three-engine wide-body will be withdrawn from scheduled service and prepped by engineering for its final flights. The last commercial flight will be on Thursday, Feb 20 when flight BG1015 takes to the skies at 0830 from Dhaka enroute to Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Operating via Kuwait this flight will arrive in Birmingham the same day at 1620. Priced at only ₤ 600 (plus taxes) for a window seat or ₤ 500 plus taxes, for all the other seats, we have kept the pricing at minimal levels to ensure the flight is accessible to as many as possible.

But this is not its final operation. Due to an overwhelming response from aviation enthusiasts from around the world, we are going to operate scenic flights on the weekend of Feb 22, 23 and 24 from Birmingham airport. The first flights to go on sale will operate on the Monday, Feb 24th at 0900, 1200 and 1500 with a block time of an estimated one-hour. If as expected, they sell out quickly we open up the Sunday, Feb 23rd flights up for the same times of 0900, 1200 and 1500. As these sell out then we will open up the Saturday flights also at the same times – 0900, 1200 and 1500. As with the last commercial flight from Dhaka, we are keeping the prices for these scenic flights at reasonable levels with prices of ₤150 for a window seat and ₤100 for an aisle seat. Please note that for the last commercial flight ever on Monday Feb 24 @ 1500, prices have been set slightly higher at ₤200/₤150. In order to keep the flights as “special” as possible we are only selling 152 of the 319 seats on the aircraft – therefore all are window or aisle seats.

http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/news?id=46e17663-312b-46ba-93d6-3d7e508f36b8

islanderre

I'm flying it on the 24th WESTDUB........ hopefully the weekend will go to plan for Biman. Great opportunity considering not only is the MD11 so scarce but the DC10 too.

sully2010

islanderre wrote: »

I'm flying it on the 24th WESTDUB........ hopefully the weekend will go to plan for Biman. Great opportunity considering not only is the MD11 so scarce but the DC10 too.

Has to be one of the most retro interiors still flying, should be fun!

islanderre

Yea..... twill be like going back in time but sure it adds to the experience....